Trump adviser Kushner to brief U.N. leaders on Mideast plan
President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Jared Kushner, will brief U.N. Security Council ambassadors on Thursday about the Middle East peace plan that Trump unveiled last week, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Sinn Fein establish clear lead in opinion poll ahead of Irish election
Irish nationalists Sinn Fein have surged to the top of an opinion poll five days ahead of an election in Ireland that looks set to be a major breakthrough for the former political wing of the Irish Republican Army.
FARC killings a challenge to peace, but some criticism political: Colombian official
The murders of nearly 200 former fighters from the FARC rebels pose a difficulty in implementing Colombia’s peace deal, an official said on Monday, but he insisted the government is committed to providing security and criticized complaints leveled by t…
Brazil to declare emergency, quarantine people returning from coronavirus-hit Wuhan
Alarmed by the growing risks of a new coronavirus, Brazil has decided to repatriate Brazilians from Wuhan, China, and will declare a national health emergency, Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said on Monday.
French police shoot barracks intruder following attack warning
Police shot and wounded a man armed with a knife after he attacked officers inside a police barracks in eastern France on Monday.
On Iowa caucus day, YouTube details how it will tackle misleading election content
On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the U.S. presidential election, Alphabet’s YouTube detailed how it will tackle false or misleading election-related content.
U.N.-brokered Libya military talks begin in Geneva
Military officers from rival factions in Libya’s conflict began U.N.-led talks in Geneva on Monday aimed at securing a ceasefire after 10 months of fighting on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli.
Two Rohingya women killed in Myanmar shelling
Two women, one pregnant, were killed and seven other people were wounded when shells hit a Rohingya village in Myanmar’s Rakhine state on Saturday, Jan. 25.
More soldiers won’t help Mali, talks with jihadists might: U.N.
The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Mali urged more engagement with armed groups including jihadists, and more aid and development funding, saying on Monday that extra troops would not help to stabilize the country.
China to allow in U.S. experts amid spread of virus even as it slams U.S. actions
China has agreed to allow U.S. health experts into the country as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) effort to help fight the fast-spreading coronavirus, even as it accused the United States on Monday of whipping up panic over the disease with t…
